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Rethinking How America Treats Opioid Addiction

Cato Daily Podcast by Cato Institute

May 5, 202640:12News & Politics

People call methadone a life sentence, a ball and chain. Cato's Dr. Jeffrey Singer talks with Helen Redmond, author of "Liquid Handcuffs," about how a Nixon-era crime control program became America's dominant addiction t...

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Rethinking How America Treats Opioid Addiction is an episode from Cato Daily Podcast by Cato Institute. People call methadone a life sentence, a ball and chain. Cato's Dr. Jeffrey Singer talks with Helen Redmond, author of "Liquid Handcuffs...

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Published May 5, 2026, 40:12 long, audio available.